I am happy to accept that badge of ambivalence if that means some progress in dismantling this false opposition: writers boldly using… — Pankaj Mishra Copy Share Image
Nobody black had learned anything from the 'Letter from the Birmingham Jail' or from the 'I Have a Dream' speech. That was… — Andrew Young Copy Share Image
In his speech last night, John Kerry said this was the beginning of the end of the Bush administration. I agree. Sure,… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
“I came to think of poverty of speech as a reflection of the richness of the mind, giving it time to explore… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There are certain things in which mediocrity is intolerable: poetry, music, painting, public eloquence. What torture it is to hear a frigid… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
There are tensions abroad where people don't understand our attachment to the freedom of speech, we've seen the protests, and I would… — Francois Hollande Copy Share Image
I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed; We… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Sarah Palin uses me as a laugh line in her stump speeches. If you're willing to turn me into a joke, you… — Rachel Maddow Copy Share Image
“Sound has a profound effect on the senses. It can be both herd and felt. It can even be seen with the… — Louis E. Colaianni Copy Share Image
“I must say that, beyond occasionally exposing me to laughter, my constitutional shyness has been no dis-advantage whatever. In fact I can… — Gandhi Copy Share Image
Silence is the element in which great things fashion themselves together ... Speech is too often ... the act of quite stifling… — Maurice Maeterlinck Copy Share Image
A politician or political thinker who calls himself a political realist is usually boasting that he sees politics, so to speak, in… — Mary McCarthy Copy Share Image
I found the speech, after listening to it in context, vile in manner, repugnant, malicious, mean-spirited and spoken in mockery of individuals… — Louis Farrakhan Copy Share Image
Insulate yourself... from anonymous angry people Expose yourself to art you don't yet understand Precisely measure the results that are important to… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
It's not 'natural' to speak well, eloquently, in an interesting, articulate way. People living in groups, families, communes say little - have… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
Courage is the virtue that President Kennedy most admired. He sought out those people who had demonstrated in some way, whether it… — Robert Kennedy Copy Share Image
No one can say just how long a message should be, but you rarely hear complaints about a speech being too short.… — Edgar Dale Copy Share Image
In his speech President Bush said we need to rebuild Iraq, provide the people with jobs, and give them hope. If it… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
I do find my speech difficult at times, but it's getting so much better as my confidence grows and that's thanks to… — Gareth Gates Copy Share Image
You kind of half-prepare a speech in your head, and then you get up there and then you end up saying nothing… — Ed Sheeran Copy Share Image
Freedom of speech is one of the greatest American liberties, and I hope this pardon serves as a reminder of the precious… — George Pataki Copy Share Image
The key is to become aware of how you are signaling your presence in meetings, conversations, speeches - everywhere you show up.… — Nick Morgan Copy Share Image
We learn about MLK's 'I Have a Dream' speech. Take that same speech and put it in the voice of a woman.… — Jennifer Hyman Copy Share Image
Thought is deeper than all speech, Feeling deeper than all thought; Souls to souls can never teach What unto themselves was taught. — Christopher Pearse Cranch Copy Share Image
As far as I can make out, women's friendships with each other are based on a gush of lies and pretty speeches… — Marilyn Monroe Copy Share Image
In Shakespeare, keep it simple. Don't over-inflect. The speech needs to be naturalistic and simple and accessible as much as possible. — Ralph Fiennes Copy Share Image
To me, Romney is 'Our Idiot Brother', and Obama is 'The King's Speech'. You can spend all the money in the world.… — Harvey Weinstein Copy Share Image
I’m always focussed on the actual work, and I think that’s a much more succinct way to describe what you care about… — Jonathan Ive Copy Share Image
A very considerable body of the German people live in America and propose to fight that Government. Bourke in his great speech… — Shane Leslie Copy Share Image
Making others happy, through kindness of speech and sincerity of right advice, is a sign of true greatness. To hurt another soul… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
“Sugar-coated words used in worldly speech make one slip (spiritually), and melodious speech which accepts all viewpoints and never hurts anyone’s viewpoint… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
I think we do have our true, original stories that work. I can tell you that 'The King's Speech,' which we did,… — Harvey Weinstein Copy Share Image
Remember that when you say "I will have non of this exile and this stranger for his face is not like my… — Stephen Vincent Benet Copy Share Image
Prayer has a right to the word "ineffable." It is an hour of outpourings which words cannot express,--of that interior speech which… — Sophie Swetchine Copy Share Image
I realized, "Oh my god, this is an enormous play. And it's almost all me. Big. big chunks of speeches, speeches, speeches."… — Bryan Cranston Copy Share Image
I realized very quickly that the main thing that the left was not in favor of was free speech - that there… — Munira Mirza Copy Share Image
Please, no matter how we advance technologically, please don't abandon the book. There is nothing in our material world more beautiful than… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
The great thing about improvisation is that it allows us to establish an uncensored form of theater. Freedom of speech is absolutely… — Lucien Bourjeily Copy Share Image
Balanced' is a code for 'denied': a right to free speech that must be 'balanced' against so exhaustive a list of other… — Ronald Dworkin Copy Share Image
Shields Green was not one to shrink from hardships or dangers. He was a man of few words, and his speech was… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
